"Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities."
"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale."
"The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks."
"The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife."
"The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own."
"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."
"Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth -it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million."
"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality."
"Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet."
"Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities."
"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."
"Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best."
"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."
"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation."
"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."
"I buy when other people are selling."
"I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations."
"I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me."
"I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love."
"I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill."
"I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business."
"I want to put a ding in the universe."
"I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act."
"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."
"I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience."
"If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion."
"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."
"If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them."
"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."